Jon Keller reports:
I cant link you to all the details (or see them myself) because its subscriber-only stuff, but the latest Rasmussen robo-poll of 500 likely Massachusetts voters, conducted last Sunday, gives Deval Patrick a 33-point lead over Kerry Healey, which pretty much matches last weeks 39-point spread in our CBS4 exclusive Fast Track from Survey USA. Both surveys preceded last nights Waynes World-style debate.
Nice to hear that the SurveyUSA poll wasn’t just a random fluctuation. Also, I can’t imagine that the debate is going to hurt Patrick, and it might hurt Healey. So Healey may be stuck with these numbers for a while. Awwwwww.
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I was grimacing this weekend reading the Boston Globe and seeing two articles showing Healey taking the offensive on CORI and immigration, and putting Patrick on defense. Nice job by Patrick at the debate, however, taking the offensive on taxes and fees, and putting Romney, Healey, and Hillman on the defensive today. They’ve been in charge for 16 years now – let them explain the state we’re in.
because when the race tightens up, as it inevitably will, it will create the illusion that Healy has “gained momentum” “is resonating with voters” or some other such nonsense. The downside of contemporary democracy is that some vote on the horse race, not the issues. I’d much rather the polls show Deval sitting on a 6 point lead like he was 4 days before the primary.
bobvm points out in his own post on this that the Patrick-Healey numbers are on Pollster.com, and
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So, Rasmussen did a poll this weekend, 500 voters, 57% said Patrick, 24% said Healey, leaving 19% unaccounted for (probably slightly higher Mihos numbers and much high undecided numbers than the Survey USA poll from immediately post-primary, 64-25 with 5 Mihos, 1 Ross, 3 other, and 2 undecided) So Patricks primary bump deflated a bit, and Healey stayed the same, so still good.
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I’m sure any post debate polls are gonna show Mihos jumping back up to the teens and Healey moving closer to that low.